“Most surely thou art my ancestral guest; For noble Oeneus once within his halls Received the blameless chief Bellerophon, And kept him twenty days, and they bestowed Gifts on each other, such as host and guest Exchange; a purple baldric Oeneus gave Of dazzling color, and Bellerophon A double golden goblet; this I left Within my palace when I came to Troy. Of Tydeus I remember nothing, since He left me, yet a little child, and went To Thebes, where perished such a host of Greeks. Henceforward I will be thy host and friend In Argos; thou shalt be the same to me In Lycia when I visit Lycia’s towns; And let us in the tumult of the fray Avoid each other’s spears, for there will be Of Trojans and of their renowned allies Enough for me to slay whene’er a god Shall bring them in my way. In turn for thee Are many Greeks to smite whomever thou Canst overcome. Let us exchange our arms, That even these may see that thou and I Regard each other as ancestral guests.”